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Major Winds Have Lashed North Atlantic This Winter, NOAA Map Shows
2014-03-14 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Forty-three hurricane-force winter storms have lashed the North Atlantic since late October, boosting the region's average wind speed in January and February by more than 12 miles per hour, as shown in this map from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The blue colors indicate areas where wind speeds exceeded the 1981-2010 average; browns indicate winds that were lower than average. In the North Atlantic, an unusually high number of hurricane-force storms, with winds exceeding...
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